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Video: Full-scale human heart models are 3D printed
Carnegie Mellon researchers bioprinted a 3D model of a patient’s heart that closely replicates how cardiac tissue actually feels.
LEXT™ OLS5100 3D laser scanning microscope: Smart workflow, faster experiments
The LEXT™ OLS5100 3D laser scanning microscope is built for failure analysis and material engineering research.
Watch: FDA clears most powerful clinical MRI
The 7-tesla MRI scanner is designed to address limitations of current MRI systems by using ultrahigh-field magnet technology that offers five times more power than most scanners.
Watch: Compact scanner produces 3D color X-rays
The flat greyscale imagery of X-ray technology now assumes color and a third dimension with a compact scanner developed specifically for hand and wrist imaging.
Researchers study microbiome of Da Vinici drawings
The microbiome is the key to the history of these drawings.
Automating healthcare: These robots are taking over surgical tasks
Doomsday prophecies about artificial intelligence (AI) and robots taking over jobs is not as far-fetched as previously thought if the healthcare industry is any indication.
Video: Ultra-low temperature solutions for COVID-19 vaccine storage
A fleet of ultra-low temperature freezers capable of storing approved vaccines, regardless of variable temperature stability requirements, is under development.
Watch a solar-driven autoclave steam-clean medical tools
The technology could provide pressurized steam to run autoclaves without the need for electricity in off-grid areas.
Facial recognition in the healthcare industry
Facial recognition is already in use throughout the industry and promises to do much more.
Blueprints shared for low-cost single-molecule microscope
The open-source microscopy platform allows biological molecule dynamics measurements at a fraction of the price of typical commercial systems.
Microfluidic platform tests pancreatic cancer drug efficacy
The device tests prospective cancer drugs on multiple tumor cell subtypes and can reveal drug resistance that may occur due to the interaction of different cancer subtypes.
Low-cost protocol speeds antibiotic efficacy testing
The method combines dynamic laser speckle imaging and machine learning to test antibacterial drug efficacy on infectious microbes.
Watch: Gel improves bioprinting of complex tissue shapes
New gel formulations bring the 3D bioprinting of replacement organs and tissues closer to reality.
A peanut allergy skin patch can prevent allergic reactions
One form of allergy treatment is being explored to reduce allergy reactions in children: a peanut allergy skin patch.
MIT engineers create mask that kills COVID-19 with heat
This mask kills COVID-19 with heat.
Adhesive film can reportedly eliminate virus particles in just two minutes
Film manufacturer devises a solution for fighting COVID-19.
Watch a drug-delivery microrobot navigate a colon
The untethered payload-packing bot flips and tumbles through the colon under externally applied magnetic manipulation.
Inventors using plasma to treat surfaces against the spread of COVID-19, common colds
Plasma to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Online portal supports COVID-19 research
An international open-access database encourages collaboration and reduces duplication between researchers across all academic disciplines working on COVID-19 research.
Video: High tech transport device helps organs, vaccines keep their cool
Vaccines and donor organs have been transported in enclosures as technologically sophisticated as beverage coolers, until now.